The Sun. — London, England, 1826-09-26 00:00:00

SPIRIT OF THE PL ntle JOURNALS. Nothing can inure effectually show the tendency of the present sySterri of ieordinate expenee, and, over wheimieg taxation to support it, than the rapid .pro gress which the minds of- wen are making towards a familar consideration of the " justice" of what to us, appears an act of inexcusable atrocity. We mean an assault .upon the rights of the fundholder, in the shape of either a reduction of, his interest, or an equivalent impost. There is a pamphlet before us, addressed to Mr. Peel, which, however excursive, or we might say, desultory in its general execution, points Ito the above with 'much steadiness of purpose, as an expedient no less equitable than easy, for relieving the distresses of the poor,.and restoring the prosperity of our manes ketoses. The 'answer, we need hardly say, is, that the proposal, and much inure, the petpetsation, of a deli berate crime, is as unworthy the wisdom of a great people as it would be of their mdral character. We can imagine no extremity of political guilt or madness that might not be expected to follow a spoliation of the English fundholders-sexeept, indeed, certain other means, mere consistent with virtue and discretion, had been previously tried, and found unproductive of relief. The :biology for such desperate nostrums, is the im possibility of bearing our present distress, and still more of providing fends requisite fot the whole of our pre sent system of expenditure. Theis, let us-ask, why not attempt a diminution of SO much of that expense as. may not be called for by ,gotal faith, or any other paramount motive. If a gentleman, plagued with an :: .overgrown household, be, as sometimes happens, at the same time sinking under the pressure of debts which have been legally con tracted, we apprehend that no upright friend would advise him to eon:lmnd with his creditors, and leave half his debts wiped, for, the sake of seeing always the usual number of pampered menials in his anti-ehamber. No ; common sense and honesty would alike suggest to hitn, the diSmissal of the uselesS mouths, and' the discharge of :his moral Ohligatioei. This is, ;in one short sentence, our view of the conduit which 'heeomes umi as. an enlightened people. The property of the fundholders is not, perhaps one-tenth of it, in the hands of those who originally purchased it with a paper money, and at half its present solid amount. Even,if it'were so, the argument, .with us, iii worth nothing, beeause the pledge of the Government was to pay the interest at sill times, and the principal, whensoever it might suit the public welfare: to liquidate it, in an equal nominal amount of the ;currency existing on the day.of paynient. Bite rho fact:is, that most of the public fiends' have gradually passed into possession of those who never had a share ofkanS or contracts, who were no parties to the predominancy of the paper syS tem, who paid gold and silver for the stock transferred to them, and bbeglit it as property always, ender the faith of Parliament, producing a rate of interest equal to that at which it was originally borrowed, and pay able in the dissent coin, whatever that might happen to be. We Should be loth to trouble our readers on this subject, if our own sentiments with regard to: it hail not been studiously and impertinently misrepresented, andsilit did not seem to be taken for granted by some people that no effectual eflbrt can be made to mitigate the burdens under which the country is labouring, but by the sacrifice of honour to prodigality. Sheridan's : v sentinient is even exaggerated by this superfluous baseness, which mey boast of being equally ungenerous sand tmjust s —,--Tinies. A,practite has taken place in two or three instances at the late Old Bailey Sessions, and frequently of late years there before, as well as on some of the circuits, wills:li calls for onimadversion—vve incite that, of at- Salting vast importance to the examination of wit nesses taken by the committing Magistrate's, and pre ' krring them to the findings of the Grand .fury. This generally `occurs in cases rip which Counsel are em ployed ; thongh sometimes the judge himself will set the example of this unwise and uneonmaitutional per version of justice. 'As soon as the prisener is ar raigeed, up starts a 1A4114 Couneellor and says,s -" I have, looked, my I into' the deposniens (which, by the bye, he ought not to have lumen per mitted to see), and am of opinion; that gross as the prisoner's conduct may have been,: the charge cannot be maintained, and that it is useleiss,to give your Lord ship amid the Jury the trouble of trying him." The Judge (who not imfrequently has had a previous re hoses!, in aim under tone, with the 'Learned Counsel) agrees entirely with him, applauds hiS discretion, and orders the prisoner's immediate acquittal, to the great astonishment of time prison'r himself, theprosecutor, and witnesses, as well as the Jury, who have just be fore been sworn tto well and truly try, and a true de liveraneermake, and a true verdict give, according to the imeidence," not one word . of which they ore per mhted tO 'bear. the, Counsel this is a very conve- nient practice ; he has received. his fee, and, of course, the less trouble he has for it the better. To be sure, were it possible' for corruption tc reach any thing so learned and, so honourable aS the liar, such 4 practice ae this opens a tolerably cowieriieut door for it. But this is neither here nor there ; and is as impossible as that, a Judge can be influenced on such an occasion' by any referenee to his own time or labour. But the absurdity and injustice of this new practice; hinge upon a point which, as far as we have oh eerveds, does not seem to have occurred either to the Bar or the: Bench upon : these occasions, Sri& that it by no Measis follows that the Grand, Jury have in all cases heard precisely the Wee evidence as was offered before the Magistrates and returned in the de poeitions. It frempiem aly, ha ppens that new evidence is discovered between OM time of a prisoner's 'committal and the period Id his trial—things which were lea un . ceStabb such 44 ilt ,,l 4itY, lied other important',focts are cleared up, and halt stalesen witnesses go befOre the Grand Jury who were never.se en by the Magistrate, theSSfose,'Sn' 'never have been or whose evidences , heard of by the Jilt!pe Yes, litiemsuse .4 timing was doubtflil the first instii4eo,niots rontni,nianttefatielentrheoisf to be taken for granted the sworn finding of lkinarrq of twenty-th roe corn _ petent .persons But wti nolny affarm that. no ,f e s gs Etas a right to do this---that the _doing it me wisest-, and an unconstitutional stretch of authority, p u b l i c justice demaeds that an accused person Issints Sem to trial shall be cotivittlsl. Or 4101 1 ' 1 4 4 ' 14 a ce9rdin g: to hews that if guilty, he shall lie o penly ants,tsuneci. l 64) ) or it to socie ty without that innocent, that he shall ,return qualifying =stigma (viz. " however h . rutal, how. ever groes,"ne " however dishonest" his conduct ma) have beefs) which generally accompapies this new de , , scription 0 1 r ipe examinations before M a g i ' strates were never intended to be used for any suet purposes: as these.; and:if such a practice is to pre vail, the system of Grand 'Juries—a SysteM'So daeplJ interwoven with the, liberties of die country, may as well be at "cc abolished, and time documentary evis Equity supersede the oral teas derive of mir Cou rts of ttmony by mean s of which truth hes 'hitherto been elicited in our Courts of Justus% Xn time, another 4 step will abolish the Pet-it,jutif also tt and ta;,„.ing i nto consideration the enormous powers which are already Vested in Magistrates, the lives, the liberty, and pros petty of the King's subjects will soon silently merge into the keeping of those who are every (lay striving to make their Courts Star Chambers and, Inquisitions in all hut the talent ',which presides over them. Morning Herta, ' Our, readers will see that, yesterday, Isaac Dickson's Meeting took place. We observe with great pleasure that Mr. Polhill and Mr. Chainbers have come for- Ward. That impudent fellow Dickson wanted to brow-beat Mr. Chambers, but the latter was not to be hrow-beaten. , A Committee to investigate the heart less, impudent Thing is appointed. , That Committee, we should hope, will spare no pains in probing this Thing to the bottom. It ought to engage a pains taking respectable attorney, and a clever respectable ac countant---men not to be bribed.. The Committed. Might to know that Steele is Dickson's bosom friend ---one of the HOhnes's hotel men—one of the junta Of five, or six, or seven. We hope that Mr. Cham bers and Mr. Polhill will proceed in the investigation, and care not for any impudence or brute threats on the part of either Dickson or Steele, but set those two fellows at defiance. The man in the hack gromul— the paragraph screw man, . did ,not dare to show his face, lie Was not it the Meeting. We understand that the Editor of the laritish Press has . shares in the Thing. Wehave also learned that one of the reporters of the 'Times and one of the reporters of the Morning Chronicle had, or have, a share or shares in the Thing. We call it a Thing because that is the worst `name we can give it. Mr. Polhill and Mr. Chambers will ob serve that neither Dickson nor Steele dared to contra 'diet or call in question what we put forth yesterday. .Oh, you two Holmes's Hotel men ! Why did • you not bring the man in the back ground with you ? His face would have been delectable to have been looked at. But we shall be at you again, Isaac, and Thomas, and Judas.--Ibid. - The Corn-Law campaign may be said to be now fairly opened. The landowners,, as. was to he expect ed, were first in the field. In East Kent there was a meeting a week or two ,ago, and if we are correctly infornied, another meeting has since taken place at Sittingbourne, in West Kent.. The Andover Meet ing was to stir up the Hampshire agriculturists, but the result did . not correspond with the expectations of those who called it. - In the north, Sir John Sinclair has sounded the tocsin of alarm: In a letter addres 'sed by bins to the Conveners of Counties, he suggests, that every county of Scotland should appoint a coin- Inittee; to meet at the Waterloo Hotel,. in Edinburgh, on Saturday, the "18th of November next. Sir John `thinks there is a design afloat to punish the Landed Interest,— " 1. Fer the manly stand it made against French republican ism-4. For having preserved our free trade and admirable Con stitution, undtr which a greater number of persons enjoy the blessings of liberty than under any that ever existed.-. 4. For hav ing filled the world with astonishment at our naval and military achievements..-4. For having elevated the country to a height of power, beyond any instance recorded in history; and 5. For hav ing persevered in the contest until the idol ot Radicalism surren dered himself a prisoner, and was prevented from doing farther mischief, by being immured on the rock of St. Ifelena." Now, Sir John is determined to die in his last ditch, rather titan allow hiMself to be spoiled. " As the proprietor of 4,0 estate," be says, " which I fun bound 1 to protect from folio a l wevion, I„ ant not disposed to yield to `the attacks of this dousestic invader, or to submit without resikt aneo to nusontres recommended by that President of the Board of T ra d e , w h o Re mo, i tt etiood to rtgolato tifo great interests or tbls country by new-fangled notions, which set experience at defiance. I should be glad to know, whether his rash experiments have not already inflicted deadlY wounds on British navigation, trade, and manufactures? And if the agricultural classes are reduced to the same miserable state as the commercial, will not the whole frame of society in this country be broken up, and a revolution become inevitable r We fear there arc too many, of the landowners, who, like Sir John Sinclair, .wish to have all the glory of the late glorious war (in which, as.the Lord Chancel lor happily phrased it, we gained all that we have not 104),but who wish to throw the whole price of that glory on others.' Now, if the merit of the war belong exclusively to the landlords, as Sir John says, that is an argument 'rather for their bearing more than their full share Of the cost than less, because they have the glory to compensate for the privations, 'whereas time poor starving mechanic has nothing to Sweeten his cup of misery. The landholder, who, intoxicated with the many glorious victories during the war of his own seeking, and with the high price of food during the greatest part of its continuance, counted on the high rent, the result of high-priced food, as permanent, and mortgaged his estate for twice as much as he could have purchased it for previous to the war, on handing over five- sixths of the present rentto the mortgagee, while he con sumes the remaining sixth in a lodging in London, Paris, Brussels, or Edinburgh,.has.grand recollections, at all events, to cheer him. This, however, , will not go down now. We must all bear our share of the bur den caused by a series of glorious achievements, ter initiating with the dial of Btionaparte at St. Helena. The war was a very glorious, but els() a very expensive one. We thought it could not be too expensive, and we not only apent our present revenues, but mortgaged the future. Heavy taxes are the consequence, and heavy taxes must press heavily on ' us. Now the modest re quest of the landowners is this—to the burdens borne by all the other classes, let us add the intolerable burden caused by a monopolY, of which the object is to force prices up ,to an amount, which shall more than indemnify us for our share of the taxation- 7 -a monopoly which occasions .a sacrifice to the others of five times what it put into our .pockets The landholders do not deny that their , rents have ,qua drtipled since the cointheneeinent of the War, while the wages of the labourers, in most places, are not risen—while the, price of every thing they con sume has experienced a great rise. We caipot have ene,bet of prices here and ' another tiCrtti-&;T -18.10IIS andnsequent , co , without constant revuon the Continent, Ment. ,'• The landowners must, therefore, make up tbeirminds to the change which , -is called for b y ill ranks , and descriptions of persons in the country, them iielveS excepted. The Government hav e, in fact, n o choice; -the thank i , ..is forced on them .by imperious circturniumees. 'lf t be, true, as is stated by Sir Jas. Preimani, that nine-tenths of the landholders of this country are now merely receivers of rents for others, the: f g r l i rt o AttP o tp h a lf g o e: And family arrangements during prices, this is no argiunent for taxing i i t t i rni ‘ m v ii i i.: e n l ity a to indemnify.them for the miscalcula i4tiou in, )ri ‘ - merchant or manufacturer, by a revo -1 en finds his assets hill short -of his negate;, faintly tra i tt!st Pay the penalty of . his iini,s , and there is no reason why lamp. cxemptc 11°14 " 4 '" l ' t I'" ' d fret's the consequences of vicissitudes n 1 - 1 The . tore t.tait others. property of the counpr Pi %tot antiila . ' Ichant bands. . erchatits, ct 1 404-, tt immere y vefi o ton-simmer% Wool-staplers, an d Stock-*i i hbers, take . ' c 100 ters. We may of the deseendanta of former.. ..erchants a i t i h d, I s i t ee i , rptnark here, in passing, c tha t t o f e b m e b ab ar i r i a ir s d s lawthe ownersof primesv geuiture tends very land. Younger children must have some prevision beyond the mere expectancy of places under Govern ment, and the establishments are all calculated at the nominal income of the proprietor, without allowing for doductions. Hence ' 'every : year, proprietors get deeper and deeper into debt, and hence the attempts to bolster up a vicious system by cramping the industry of the country.---Atorrang aronick. so that r gentletttans coattnnzn or r age coachman wag liable to be dragged away instanter for a breach of the law u a carman 'or hackney-coach driver. Singularly enough, the complainant, and that was most likely to be the party seeing and suffering by the offence, was disqualified by the act from giving evidence, by the awarding to him a moiety of the penalty. Mr. Campbell then called George Stephens, the driver of the cabriolet, who stated that he had followed two carts from Newgate-strect, but when near Bow Church, although his horse's head was within two feet of the tail of the cart before him, the defendant broke in from the middle of the street, drove witness's horse upon the pavement, and broke the rings of his vehicle. in his defence the coachman urged, that he was forced into the . Hue by meeting the Lord Mayor's coach, that there was a greater opening iiiat was represented, and that he had never heard of the Act of Geo. Mr. Campbell argued, dud ignorance of a statute was never admitted to be a plea available to offenders against it. Sir Jonw, PERRINO said, the public were Mach indebted to Mr. Campbell for pressing this complaint. Theknowledge that drivers were liable to apprehension at the moment, by any person who saw them offending, would do wonders in keeping them in order, and for the sake of eutnepk, he would fine the defendant 10s., and order him to pay l'Pe. costs. The defendant's master was fined 10s., for not entering his pre sent place of abode in the Sewers.office in the city ; and the owner of the cabriolet is about to claim Si., for damage done to his vehicle. BOW-STREET.—Robert Banks, a man dressed in a smock frock, who retail fruit in the neighbourhGod of Covent-garden market, was yesterday brought before Mr. MtNstita,L, charged with assaulting Margaret Sullivan, a child about ten years of age, with an intent to commit a rape on her person. The prisoner, a man thout 40 years of age, was loud in pro testing his innocence. He admitted that he met the girl as she stated, and that he had seen her in the streets often before in com pany with other children, but he denied in the most solemn manner the conduct imputed to him. Mr. MtlrsHum..—Little girl, look again at that man ; he denies that he is the person who used you ill ; are you sure he is the same ? The child said she was quite positiie as to the prisoner's 'iden tity, and repeated her story without the slightest prevarication. A decent-looking young man Caine forward and said, that he had known the prisoner for tieverul years. He was a striving indus.: trious man, with a large family, and quite incapable of the con duct imputed to him. The charge, he was convinced, was without foundation. The girl stated outside the office, that the man who abused her had on a great coat, awl it was well known that the prisoner always wore a smock-frock, such as he appeared in at present. The prisoner again renewed his protestations of innocence. He said he came forward voluntarily to meet the accusation, and that it was an attempt to swear away his life. His wife, accompanied by three young children, came forward in great distress, declaring her conviction of her husband's inno cence ; and the prisoner, taking his youngest child in his arms, asked the magistrate if it were probable that he who was the father of that infant, and five more besides, could have contemplated the commission of such a crime as that with which he was accused? The Magistrate told him that the charge was distinctly sworn to, and he should therefore require him to find hail until the ses sions, himself in 401. and two sureties in 20/. each. Sir RICHARD BIRNIE stated, that he had received a letter from Kidderminster, informing him that a valuable antique gold watch, and two gold seals, one of which bore the impression of a Baronet's crest, *ere offered for sale in that place by a woman, and detained on suspicion of being stolen. The magistrate observed, that in all probability a notice of the circumstance in the newspapers would Lind an owner for the property. MARLBOROUGH-STREET.--Yesterday three journeymen knights of the thimble, were brought from St. George's watch house, before Sir GIORGI VARIANT, the presiding Magistrate, charged with assaulting no less a personage than that renowned pugilistic hero, Mr. Thomas Cribb, the ex-champion of England. It appeared that Toro was walking along the streets the' night before, sedately and soberly, as he always does, " saying nothing to nobody," on his way home to his own "crib," in Penton street, Haymarkev,t/hen, as their evil stars would have it, these three, sous of Snip' came reeling, along, and made a drunken stumble against him. Torn, 'in the most good-natured manner, , desired them to mind what they were about, and advised them to make their way. bout% if they could, and not to be knueking them selves against peaceable people in the streets. The tailors, not being acilisiinted with Crihh's person, Rod, moreover, bein,?; a little put-valiant, were not aware of the awful situation in which they were placing themselves, and not only began to show fight, but actually had the temerity to raise their hands against a man who could, if so minded, with one blow , annihilate a dozen of them ; but Cribb, although he possesses a giant's strength, has 'no dispo sition whatever to use it like a giant against an unequal adversary, instead of demolishing these tailors at a .blow, he gave them into the custody of a watchman. When, however, they . got to the watch-house. Cribb said he did not wish' to have the creatures de tained, and positively refused to sign his name to any charge against them, and in the end the watchman charged and detained them as drunken and disorderly characters, and Cribb promised to attend at the office in the morning,' to see bow they should h e disposed of, which he accordingly did. While Cribb was at the watch-house, where the tailors for the first time learned who it was they had ventured to aptault, they crept into some corner or crevice of the watch-house, to avoid even his look. The Magistrate now asked Cribb if he intended to press any charge of assault against the prisoners. " Lord bless your Worship," said Tom, " not I; I don't want to harm the poor things." The Magistrate said that Crilee forbearance in not striking the prisoners in return was creditable to his temper. " Oh! your Worship," said Cribb, " I would'nt lay a hand on the creatures, for the world, for fear of doing them any damage." The prisoners, who seemed not to know whether they were on their heads or their heels through fright, said, that they were ready to beg pardon of Mr. Cribb, and of all belonging to him, and that an future they would ruu 20 miles out of their way to avoid going near him in the streets. They were then fined hs. each for being drunk, and discharged. 'HATTON-GARDEN.—A tall, meagre-looking man, with scarcely any covering; was chargedby Mr. Bo w l e y, land lord of the Red Lion, q o ppie e ,R ow , w i t h b e i ng f oun d th to a the c t Hu s s e e . Mr. L concealed in the lop 'of his house, between ten and eleven o'clock on Saturday night,,from wheuee he was disl o d ge d tl-h o o u with e . on !t i lt ab ordered. le d l l4huilmt Y, to and betaken committedto Of Correction, for sit weeks. Two girls, named 7'hoinpxon and Brickficid, who were some time ago in custody on suspicion of being concerned in the murder of a male infant found in the water closet of a house in the Colonnade, were charged with the fol lowing fraud :-.-• A shopman to Mr. Marshall, a butcher, living in Everett street, Burton -crescent, said, that yesterday morning the prisoner Thompson came .to their shop for a leg 'of mut ton, producing a note front a customer, named Brown', living in the Colonnade. She was alloWed to'have the joint, but suspicion being excited, she was watched, and , took a contrary direction to ,Mr. Brown's. She was stop ped in Russell•stinare, and give! in • 1 •charge to a constable. Kerswell, the constable, stated, that he, took the prisoner in custody, and having received information from his baker, Mr. Huntsman,that4quartern loaves had been obtained from him in a similar way on Friday night,he searched the prison er's lodgings in St. Giles's, and there found two whole guar tern loaves, and a third in Ca, winch, with the prisoner Thickfield, who was in the roo m, he brought away, with him, The loaves were of the baking of Mr. Huntsman, who could not attend this morning. They were remanded till Saturday, for Mr. Huntsman o attend. maious ~ONT/wvy,RayiEl..-,—tuho'eTunalhitenc: 000frrilotchws:1;:oif}:d:,.1.:en al! - tt s rg of the Church of Rome, to RE meet . mei ,„micly in '8 month hence in Dtiblin. Whosoever' will I me to accept this challenge, is requested to have the goocloc.t P') • . t e with W. C. Hogan 1 1 .4 q ' ' 44, y L Dub lin, to count-mow& . .. ~ , Or,street, gtohtfelli:tiiirliteshchel:l)aiplisiiiilat,:h.eanrningldtelia,plttaiitartPii,e,ll:lt:::::,ll:--I::',n,idliathlientriciglteeo. in order that preliminary arrangementa May b e ma d e , JOSEPH WOULFF Miti"niry for destine and Persia, ' formerly Pupil of the Propaganda at Rome. I beg leave to second the above 'Cilallettg e , and to state, that, w hether the challenge is aceepted or' liOt, divine bl ess i ng , that a public meeting *ball be held in Dublin, at it is intended, with which' die points st issue hetween the ilefornied and Rpotan Ca. tholic Churches will be discussed. Particulars WS W I , time and place will be announced in due time. Sept. 16, 1826. RICHARD T. P. POPE. CORONER'S INQUEST. An inquisition was ' taken at the Green Man, Little George-street, Westminster, to inquire into the - death of Ellen Briggs, commonly known as " Fair Ellen," an un' fortunate female, apparently about 19 years of age, whrs, once possessed very attractive features ; un feet the remeias of beauty appeared evident to the Jury on viewing the body.---Elizabeth Wetherill deposed—l know the deceased but had not seen her lately until last Wednesday morning,, when I found her sitting on the steps of a. door in Great Peter-street. She told me, in a faint voice, that she had not tasted food for the last three days, and had been turned out of her lodgings, kept by a man named Wilson. She had ever since been wandering about the streets, sleeping on the steps of doors; she was miserably clad, and looked extremely emaciated. I could not bear to see her starving situation, and invited her to my lodings in Perkin's-rents , Orchard-street. I assisted her to walk, as she was too feeble to support herself, and gave her breakfast, which she partook of eagerly. I then asked her to lie down Oil my bed. She replied" Indeed I will, and thank you too," and I helped her into bed. Thinking the poor creature. required more nourishing food , 1 pledged my shawl and stockings to provide some broth And a little Port wine, • which appeared to revive her.—('The witness from the first seemed to be labouring .under sonle agitation, fearing she would be blamed by the parish ; but the Coroner and least apprehension getting into any. trouble, Jury kindly assured her that she need be under the •riust admire her humane and generous eon& ict to the orlorn and unfortunate deceased.) She was with "' .hree days and nights. I wished her to go ths' work house, where she wonhl be more properly attended to, and offered on Friday morning to go for a chair to kr every one vey her there; but she . said, Do let me stay anoth• er day," and then begged to haie a Bible brought her . ! she pointed out a chapter, asking me to read it. I di" so. The deceased afterwards entreated me to c ome to hed;and lie by . her side, which I was about to do, when she expired without a groan. I did not think she was so nea r her death. There were marks on the sides of the bc"iY , ' caused by resting' herself against the edge of th e sta ir The Coroner here observed to witness, that h er &mute .-- rested conduct reflectesi the highest honour upo n her, and the Jury instantly subscribed a small sum for t he girl, which ' was, handed to her by the 'Coroner. —A most singular cir cumstance now took place.. It was announced male Jury •; that the m9ther of the deceased had that moment arriVe all the way from Manchester, to s ee her beloved daughter'', received on hearing of her death, quite unconscious of hsr illness. The fatigue of travelYng such a distance, joined with the sadden shock ber feelinpe • poor woman, that she rushed into the Yoom, threw herselfte down on the floor in a paroxysm of grler, imploriref dearh Coroner to allow her to see her dear daughr , sh h e WC , at Ellen ! The scene became so distressing that _s gve ral at length obliged to be carried out of the room.- the first other females were examined, fully corroboratilig d by the witness, when the Jury returned a veri t ' " Visitation of God." sd far overrwered MEETINGS OF CREDITOR LONDON DIARY, Ttrustspay, Szer. %m• sr.' (At the Court of Commissioners.) ... A. Brown and M. Hull, straw-hat-mtnufacturers...••• ..... it Joiner and Co., Romford, bankers .................... . .... if Kent,' Stepney, surveyor .......................... it W. Mundt, Warwick-place, Whitecross-street• Vuee If G. Oakley, Upper Baker-street, suerchant.•. ................ 11 Ryland and Knight, Itorsleydown, lightermen ............... 11 Wilkinson and Gill, Holborn-bridge, woollen -drapers .••••• . . 8. COUNTRY DIARY, THURSDAY, Sam . .. , Broadribb and Webb, Bristol, at the Commercial Rooms, . 1 Bristol W. Brookabank, Bradford—Fleece, Bradford ............... 7 Cox and Wills, Nottingham—Lion, Nottingham ............ ~0 N.Higginbotham, 111acelesfield—Maceles fi eld Arms. ....... :1 M. C. and G. Milner, Knartaborough—Horn , Knaresbozongir. 19 .1. Ridgway, Macclesfield—Macclesfitdd Arms 1. Snow, Shipston—Bell, Ha'ford Squire and Edwards, Norwich—Swan, Norwich ....... .. . ..• POLICE INTELLIGENCE. MANSION-HOUSE. —Yesterday before the Justicesfoorn was opened, Mr. John Wilke, jun. applied to the Lord Mayer for the aid of some officers, to retake possession of his house, which he said had been burglariously entered by persons, who still held pos session of it, together with his property, and whom he wished to have brought up for that offence before his Lordship. The LORD MAYOR,' who bad, during Sunday, received some account of the affair, as well from his own officers as from some of Mr. Wilks's servants, who applied to him on the subject, sent for the city solicitor, to take his advice u to the proceedings to be adopted. The circumstances of the ease, as far as we could collect them, appeared to be as follows :—Mr. Verbeke, who was formerly in partnership with Mr. Wilke, jun., M.P. for Sudbury, but who has for some time separated from him, claims as his private pro . perty a considerable portion of the furniture and effects at present contained in the two houses, No. 35 and No. $6, New Broad street, part of which are in the occupancy of Mr: Wilke, for his offices. These effects he demanded, as well, we underetood, as sonic other property in the place. He considered it important to get an early possession, and on Saturday night, between eight and nine o'clock, a young gentleman, who is connected with him, was admitted into the house by a servant girl of Mr. Wilke's, and whilst he was speaking to her, several other persons belonging to Mr. Verbeke entered the house and took poseession of it, The girl immediately made loud outcries, which alarmed the neighbour hood, and a crowd was assembled. They, however, were soon convinced that the proceeding was of a legal character, and were satisfied. The girl, as well as a second female servant, who had the care 'of the premises during Mr. Wilkes absence at his country-house at Mill-hill, were content, as am, as they were assured that the premises had been taken posses sion of by force of law. The parties , however, had come prepared to defend their possession, in anticipation of the most desperate measures being resorted to in order to dislodge them. The premises were garrisoned by four men, armed with two long swords, a bludgeon, and a brace of pistols. to the course of Sun day morning three men belonging to Mr. Wilke came to the house, with a view of obtaining admission; but seeing the force in possession, they retired, and made application to the Lord Mayor. His Lordship sent down one of the Marshals to the spot. Mr. Verheke waited on his Lordship, and represented the nature of his claims to the property and premises, and declared that it was absolutely necessary that he -shcitild assert his right in the manner he had done. The Lord Mayor ultimately agreed to let Mr. Verbeke remain in possession. On Sunday night Mr. Wilke, : accompanied by sonic persons with whom he is connected, went . to the premixes, and demanded possession. No attention was paid to the demand, and after a long colloquy, which greatly amused a crowd of persons who had assembled, be retired. Large pla cards were yesterday exhibited on the outside of the premises, stating that they were to be let, and referring applicants to Mr. Pearsall, London-wall. Notice having been giver) to the partici in possession, Mr. Verbeke came before his Lordship, accompanied by Mr. Conic and Mr. William Clark. Mr. Wilke objected to the presence. of 'Alf. Wm. Clark ; be hid nothing to do with the business, and had no right to be there. Mr. Corrie said, that Mr. Wilks had his friends with'him ; I and as 41r. Clark came as the friend of Mr, Verbeke, it be retired, the friends of Mr. Wilks would also retire. Mr. Clark remained, but took no part in the proceedings. . The Loan MAYOR said to Mr. Verbeke, that he roust he aware that he had obta►ned, and had kept ; possession of, the premises in a manner which no Magistrate could sanction. Mr. Verbeke represented to his Lordship thnt be considered himself, in the present posture of Mr. Wilks's affairs and of his proceedings, fully justified in this step. This his Lordship would acknowledge when he was fully acquainted with the whole of the circumstances. Tim LOAD MA,YO4 WFlgi fait inClintid to investigate the circion. stsuers of the eaw. the recommended an amicable adjustment of the vise, et at least soil% an adjustment as would leave the glum thin of right to the possession t,f the property to be determined by a superior Court. tie suggested that ono of lie officers should remain in possession, and that neither party should in the mean time remove the property. Mr. Vcrbeke declared, that he had not :the slightest objection to any arrangement of this nature. Mr. Wilke.--Oh, I shall not compromise the burglary. The City Solicitor (smiling)—Thrs is no burglary. long discussion then ensued. Ultimately the armistice re 'commended by the Lord Mayor west agreed to on the following conditions, a copy of which, signed and witnessed, was left with his Lordship. Mansion-house, Sept. 25. 1. That Mr. Wino and Mr. Verbeke continue in possession of the premises in New Broad -street, Noe. 35 and 36. 2. That neither of the parties shall remove any article or pro perty from the premises, or suffer them to be unloved by any of their clerks or servants. 3. That both parties have free inspection of all the late part nership work and papers. 4. That Mr. Wilke's two female servants continue to reside on the premises. b. That Mr. Turnpenny, a police-officer, be in possession, to prevent a breach of the peace, but not, to interfere with the ; pro perty ; and that be do not permit any property to be removed without the consent of both parties. That Mr. Corrie he not permitted to enter the premises; but that Mr. Parsons, a male servant of Mr. Verbeke, be permit ted to sleep on the premises. That the boards and bills outside the premises be immediately titkell;.vn. S. That each of the parties engage to keep the peace; and cause it to be kept by their respective clerks and servants, and strictly to abide by. the engagements entered into. 9. That Mr. Verbeke be permitted to remove the goods which he hay placed on the premises since Saturday, and to leave what articles he shall think proper for the convenience of his male ser vants, who are to reside on the premises. 10. That these engagements are not to prejudice either of the parties as to any remedy they may have as to what has occurred. (Signed) JOHN WILKS." Witness, John Wood. J. F. F. VERBEKE. These having been duly executed, the parties retired. Soon afterivards, a female servant in the employment of Mr. Wilke, accompanied by two of his clerks, came and requested a summons against Mr. Collie, for au' assault he had committed , upon her. • The assault she complained of consisted of his forcibly detaining her whilst two men followed him and got possession of the house. He held her fait by the wrists, otte of which had received a slight scratch. The Lord Mayor granted her a snmmons. This having been obtained, she applied for a warrant spinet Mr: Charles Verbeke, the brother Of the late partner of Mr. Wilks, for °having falsely imprisoned her. She stated, that he had detained her in the kitchen forcibly, and would not let her go to the door, or ga out when she wanted. The Lord Mayor refused to grant the warrant ; she would per haps see Mr. Verbeke when she came up to give her evidence on the other case. Gen.DIIAI,I4.--Joh n the driver of the hattkney. coach No. I,OOH, appeared upon s ummons, for wilfully hinder ing the free passage of his Afajeety's subjects, in Cheapside, on the 21st instant, and for unlawfully escaping &inn Mr. Duncan Camp. being in hie custody'for the said offence. As soon as the defeiulant entered the Teem, btr. Campbell apprehended him, and t t : l a i t r z go l h hint to he loilte4 up until the night charges were gone When the case'was ca ll e d e n, Mr . C am pbell stated, th a t h e was riding in the cabriolet NO. 9 0, a l ong Cheapside, on Thursd a y l ast , when the defendant, in breaking into the line between the cabriolet and a cart that was before it, drove against the former, and lied near l y eau`sed serio u s mi se hid .ffit got out, and mounting the box of the coach, touched the defendant on the shoulder, declared bin) under greet, and required him to follow to the justice-room. Some gentlemen,however, volunteered their opinion that he had no right to arrest him, and the coachman, after threatening to flog him if he did not leave the horses alone, drove away. H e proceeded is the manner hi had described under the direction of an Act of rall'utloent, the llOth Geo. cep. 22, Which left him n n option as to the cootie he was to Pursue, it being enacted that a ny person seeing an Offence" coinmitted egainst that Act shall apprehend the Weeder, and deliver him to a constable:" Sir J. 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